Cultures in Collision: Traditional Knowledge and Euro-Canadian Governance Processes in Northern Land-Claim Boards

This paper analyzes how traditional knowledge (TK) is used by two of the co-management and regulatory boards established under the comprehensive land-claim agreements in Canada’s territorial North: the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board (NWMB) and the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Boar...

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Main Author: White, Graham
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Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/63351 2023-05-15T14:19:04+02:00 Cultures in Collision: Traditional Knowledge and Euro-Canadian Governance Processes in Northern Land-Claim Boards White, Graham 2009-12-16 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63351 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63351/47288 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63351 ARCTIC; Vol. 59 No. 4 (2006): December: 351–463; 401-414 1923-1245 0004-0843 traditional knowledge traditional environmental knowledge co-management land claims environmental regulation bureaucracy wildlife management government boards connaissances traditionnelles connaissances environnementales traditionnelles cogestion revendications territoriales réglementation environnementale bureaucratie gestion de la faune offices gouvernementaux info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2009 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:20:42Z This paper analyzes how traditional knowledge (TK) is used by two of the co-management and regulatory boards established under the comprehensive land-claim agreements in Canada’s territorial North: the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board (NWMB) and the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB). A comparison of the defining characteristics of Western “Weberian” bureaucracy, which sets the framework within which these and other boards operate, and central tenets of traditional northern Aboriginal culture highlights the oftentimes stark incompatibilities between what amount to different worldviews. Both boards are shown to have made substantial and sincere efforts at incorporating TK into their practices. The NWMB, with its wildlife-focused mandate, is better able to accommodate TK in its work than is the MVEIRB, which deals with complex legal regulatory issues. Both, however, are limited in their capacity to fully incorporate TK into their operations by the exigencies of the modern bureaucratic state. Le présent document analyse la manière dont les connaissances traditionnelles (CT) sont utilisées par deux des offices de cogestion et de réglementation fondés en vertu des accords exhaustifs de revendication territoriale dans le Nord canadien, soit l’office Nunavut Wildlife Management Board (NWMB) et l’office Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB). La comparaison des caractéristiques déterminantes de la bureaucratie « weberienne » occidentale, qui établit le cadre de fonctionnement de ces offices et d’autres offices, et des principes fondamentaux de la culture autochtone traditionnelle du Nord fait ressortir les incompatibilités parfois difficiles entre ce qui se résume à être des visions différentes du monde. Les deux offices ont fait des efforts considérables et sincères pour intégrer les connaissances traditionnelles à leurs pratiques. Le NWMB, avec son mandat axé sur la faune, est mieux en mesure de tenir compte des connaissances traditionnelles dans son travail que le MVEIRB, qui s’occupe de questions réglementaires et juridiques complexes. Cela dit, ces deux organismes ont une capacité limitée quand vient le temps d’intégrer entièrement les connaissances traditionnelles à leur exploitation, limitations qui découlent des exigences de l’État bureaucratique moderne. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Mackenzie Valley Nunavut University of Calgary Journal Hosting Mackenzie Valley ENVELOPE(-126.070,-126.070,52.666,52.666) Nunavut ARCTIC 59 4
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topic traditional knowledge
traditional environmental knowledge
co-management
land claims
environmental regulation
bureaucracy
wildlife management
government boards
connaissances traditionnelles
connaissances environnementales traditionnelles
cogestion
revendications territoriales
réglementation environnementale
bureaucratie
gestion de la faune
offices gouvernementaux
spellingShingle traditional knowledge
traditional environmental knowledge
co-management
land claims
environmental regulation
bureaucracy
wildlife management
government boards
connaissances traditionnelles
connaissances environnementales traditionnelles
cogestion
revendications territoriales
réglementation environnementale
bureaucratie
gestion de la faune
offices gouvernementaux
White, Graham
Cultures in Collision: Traditional Knowledge and Euro-Canadian Governance Processes in Northern Land-Claim Boards
topic_facet traditional knowledge
traditional environmental knowledge
co-management
land claims
environmental regulation
bureaucracy
wildlife management
government boards
connaissances traditionnelles
connaissances environnementales traditionnelles
cogestion
revendications territoriales
réglementation environnementale
bureaucratie
gestion de la faune
offices gouvernementaux
description This paper analyzes how traditional knowledge (TK) is used by two of the co-management and regulatory boards established under the comprehensive land-claim agreements in Canada’s territorial North: the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board (NWMB) and the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB). A comparison of the defining characteristics of Western “Weberian” bureaucracy, which sets the framework within which these and other boards operate, and central tenets of traditional northern Aboriginal culture highlights the oftentimes stark incompatibilities between what amount to different worldviews. Both boards are shown to have made substantial and sincere efforts at incorporating TK into their practices. The NWMB, with its wildlife-focused mandate, is better able to accommodate TK in its work than is the MVEIRB, which deals with complex legal regulatory issues. Both, however, are limited in their capacity to fully incorporate TK into their operations by the exigencies of the modern bureaucratic state. Le présent document analyse la manière dont les connaissances traditionnelles (CT) sont utilisées par deux des offices de cogestion et de réglementation fondés en vertu des accords exhaustifs de revendication territoriale dans le Nord canadien, soit l’office Nunavut Wildlife Management Board (NWMB) et l’office Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB). La comparaison des caractéristiques déterminantes de la bureaucratie « weberienne » occidentale, qui établit le cadre de fonctionnement de ces offices et d’autres offices, et des principes fondamentaux de la culture autochtone traditionnelle du Nord fait ressortir les incompatibilités parfois difficiles entre ce qui se résume à être des visions différentes du monde. Les deux offices ont fait des efforts considérables et sincères pour intégrer les connaissances traditionnelles à leurs pratiques. Le NWMB, avec son mandat axé sur la faune, est mieux en mesure de tenir compte des connaissances traditionnelles dans son travail que le MVEIRB, qui s’occupe de questions réglementaires et juridiques complexes. Cela dit, ces deux organismes ont une capacité limitée quand vient le temps d’intégrer entièrement les connaissances traditionnelles à leur exploitation, limitations qui découlent des exigences de l’État bureaucratique moderne.
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title Cultures in Collision: Traditional Knowledge and Euro-Canadian Governance Processes in Northern Land-Claim Boards
title_short Cultures in Collision: Traditional Knowledge and Euro-Canadian Governance Processes in Northern Land-Claim Boards
title_full Cultures in Collision: Traditional Knowledge and Euro-Canadian Governance Processes in Northern Land-Claim Boards
title_fullStr Cultures in Collision: Traditional Knowledge and Euro-Canadian Governance Processes in Northern Land-Claim Boards
title_full_unstemmed Cultures in Collision: Traditional Knowledge and Euro-Canadian Governance Processes in Northern Land-Claim Boards
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